Here is a recent reader question who is asking for color suggestions for a kitchen with black and white appliances. Tawn has answered this one with some creative ideas.
I am painting a kitchen that has black appliances and white countertops. What color would you suggest for the walls, cabinets and for the floor? ~Nydia
Wow! What a great starting point for you. Using white and black can create a stunning and dramatic room. It can be used in almost any decorating style. Contemporary/modern and even Country French. Black and white gives a fresh and clean look to a room. Sophisticated and elegant, or cozy and classic.
If you want a more “contemporary” look to your kitchen you could paint your cabinets with a metallic paint. Silver would be good. OR you could take the doors off, paint the frames black and take the doors out and spray paint them with a Metal Hammered Finish spray paint.
Going modern I’d use a square pull on the doors. Something more linear for a pull.
Or, if you want a more “country” look you could paint your cabinet black and then rub the paint off here and there (edges, corners, etc.) to give them a worn look.
Here are some articles about Distressed Finishes.
Paint Color Choices
Excellent paint colors for your walls, to go with your black and white room, would be salmon, or green, or taupe, or red or turquoise. This gives you a wide variety to choose from for your walls depending on what feel you want to end up with. Even yellow would be a good choice depending on how bold you want to go.
Are you painting your floors? You could tape them off and paint large 2 foot by 2 foot squares of black and white. I wrote an article here about painting diamonds or squares.
Hope these ideas help. Please send a picture when you finish so we can see how fabulous it looks.
THAT Painter Lady
Here are a few resources on choosing color that I find really helpful:
Click Here For Help Choosing Colors: An Expert Choice of the Best Colors to Use in Your Home
Click Here For Help With Color Schemes Made Easy (Better Homes & Gardens)
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Super site darlings. Thanks awfully
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Hi … looking for some tips ….want to give my kitchen a make over by changing just cabinets & tiles. Its an open kitchen fairly long in one part of the large room . The room has a dining table in centre and the living room at other end. I plan to have plain leaf green sofa covers with colourful pillows . The furniture is all dark wood. Now the kitchen has a marble countertop with greyveins… the floor (of the whole room) is the same white marble. The top cabinets are white and bottom are maroon. Kitchen has white tiles . My question is what colour scheme would suit – for the cabinets & the tiles?
I was thinking dark wood white silver highlights and light green or warm yellow tiles . Pls suggest . Thanks
Hi,
we fitted our kitchen to a black and white. Our kitchen size is 3mm by 3mm and one window. any suggestion color to paint on the wall to make the room appear larger and brighter. Is dark color make the room smaller? looking forward for your kind reply. Thanks